Description
JOB TITLE: Head of Mid Corporates Trading Sectors, Commercial Banking Coverage
LOCATION: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds or Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of our office hubs mentioned above
SALARY: Highly competitive, dependent on skills and experience.
About this opportunity
We’re seeking an outstanding leader to shape and grow our face-to-face Mid Corporates franchise — a strategically important and fast-expanding part of our Commercial Banking business. You'll lead a high-impact team, driving growth and outstanding client results for businesses with £25m-£100m turnovers.
You’ll be accountable for a dedicated national team of around 90 Commercial Regional Directors and Relationship Managers/Directors, being responsible for a portfolio of approximately 1,500 customers. The portfolio demonstrates £200m in income, a £2bn lending balance sheet, and £10bn in deposits.
You’ll deputise for the Managing Director of Commercial Banking Coverage and influence strategic decision-making at the highest level. This is a rare opportunity to lead in a high-growth segment, build market-leading client propositions, and shape the future of commercial banking for some of the UK’s most dynamic mid-sized businesses.
Your role and responsibilities will include:
1. Define and deliver a five-year strategic plan to grow the Mid Corporates franchise, championing the client proposition and aligning with the broader commercial objectives.
2. Lead investment and growth plans for the segment, collaborating with Proposition, Strategy, and Sector Heads to develop and optimise sector-focused solutions.
3. Drive acquisition of high-value clients by using the bank’s full suite of capabilities, ensuring seamless regional coverage in partnership with Corporate & Institutional Banking leadership.
4. Lead and inspire a high-performing national team, embedding a client-centric, insight-led sales culture while acting as a visible market ambassador for the bank.
5. Apply strong credit expertise to manage risk, ensuring all lending aligns with asset quality standards and follows internal and external regulatory requirements.
6. Role model inclusive leadership, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, capability building, and succession planning aligned with the banks future skills agenda.
Why Lloyds Banking Group?
We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.
What we need from you?
7. Validated leadership experience in commercial or Mid Corporates banking, ideally within a UK-regulated environment.
8. Strong background of delivering sales growth and leading complex client portfolios.
9. Scale leadership experience across a large, dispersed team.
10. Deep understanding of credit risk, regulatory frameworks, and balance sheet management.
11. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience influencing at a senior level.
12. Strategic problem solver with a growth mindset and the ability to lead transformational change.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
13. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
14. An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
15. Share schemes including free shares
16. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
17. 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.